The inside of my front tyres have completely fallen apart, it is like something has gorged the inside edge/tyre wall right through to the thread and the tread is peeling off. The rest of the tyre is fine. Its too excessive and harsh to have been tracking. The car is lowered on TEIN suspension.

 

Has anyone else had this problem, tyres catching on anything under the arch ?

 

I have had the tension rod bushes fixed as these were split through so may have contributed, but wanted to see if anyone else suffered from this before I put a new set on.

Running the car lower increases the negative camber. Causing the tyres to wear excessively on the inside edges. I had this on mine, although it looks like its been gouged, its actually worn so badly that the tyre has started to come apart. Either adjustable upper arms or camber spacer shims from harve on this site and get the alignment sorted ;)

Thanks. Guess it was combination of -ve camber, knackerd tension rod bushes and tracking/balance out. Couldn't see any visible signs of it catching on anything. Similar problem on the rear, though not as bad. Adjustable upper arms sound expensive and what are Camber spacer shims ? do I need the same for the rear too ?

Feel the tread blocks on the rears across the width of the tyres, if you can feel a 'ramping' effect the rear toe is set incorrectly (very common). There is actually some adjustment in the standard rear suspension so you may be able to use that to correct it on the rear :) Adjustable upper arms aren't *that* expensive but they certainly aren't the cheapest option. Cheapest is the spacer shims, which basically are installed between the inner wing and the upper link arm mounting bracket, pushing the upper arm out to correct the camber :)